Pontosaurus

{{Short description|Extinct genus of lizards}}

{{Automatic taxobox

| fossil_range = {{fossil range|Cenomanian}}

| image = Pontosaurus kornhuberi 4.JPG

| image_upright = 1.2

| image_caption = Pontosaurus kornhuberi fossil

| taxon = Pontosaurus

| authority = Gorjanovic-Kramberger, 1892

| subdivision_ranks = Species

| subdivision = * P. kornhuberi Caldwell, 2006{{cite journal|author=Michael W. Caldwell |year=2006 |title=A new species of Pontosaurus (Squamata, Pythonomorpha) from the Upper Cretaceous of Lebanon and a phylogenetic analysis of Pythonomorpha |journal=Memorie della Società Italiana di Scienze Naturali e del Museo Civico di Storia Naturale di Milano |volume=34 |pages=1–42 }}

• P. lesinensis (Kornhuber, 1873 [originally Hydrosaurus lesinensis]) (type)

}}

File:Pontosaurus kornhuberi skull 34.JPG

Pontosaurus is a now extinct genus of pythonomorph from the Late Cretaceous period. It was originally named Hydrosaurus, but that name was preoccupied by an agamid lizard, so it was renamed. It is known from two species, both Cenomanian in age, the type P. lesinensis which is known from Hvar in Croatia, the other P. kornhuberi is known from the Sannine Formation in Lebanon.{{Cite journal|last1=Campbell Mekarski|first1=Michelle|last2=Pierce|first2=Stephanie E.|last3=Caldwell|first3=Michael W.|date=2019-09-24|title=Spatiotemporal Distributions of Non-ophidian Ophidiomorphs, With Implications for Their Origin, Radiation, and Extinction|journal=Frontiers in Earth Science|volume=7|page=245|doi=10.3389/feart.2019.00245|bibcode=2019FrEaS...7..245M|issn=2296-6463|doi-access=free}}